The Reserve Bank of India announced today the list of NBFCs in the Upper Layer under Scale Based Regulation for NBFCs for the year 2024-25.

2. The Reserve Bank had issued the Scale Based Regulation (SBR): A Revised Regulatory Framework for NBFCs (the framework) on October 22, 2021. The framework categorises NBFCs in Base Layer (NBFC-BL), Middle Layer (NBFC-ML), Upper Layer (NBFC-UL) and Top Layer (NBFC-TL) and gives the methodology to identify the NBFCs in the Upper Layer as per their asset size and scoring methodology. Accordingly, the 2024-25 list of NBFC-UL is as under:

Sl. No. Name of the NBFC Category of the NBFC
1 LIC Housing Finance Limited Deposit taking HFC
2 Bajaj Finance Limited Deposit taking NBFC-ICC
3 Shriram Finance Limited Deposit taking NBFC-ICC
4 Tata Sons Private Limited Core Investment Company
5 Cholamandalam Investment and Finance Company Limited Non-deposit taking NBFC-ICC
6 L&T Finance Limited
(Formerly known as L&T Finance Holdings Limited)
Non-deposit taking NBFC-ICC
7 Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services Limited Deposit taking NBFC-ICC
8 Aditya Birla Finance Limited Non-deposit taking NBFC-ICC
9 Tata Capital Limited Non-deposit taking NBFC-ICC
10 Piramal Capital & Housing Finance Limited Non-deposit taking HFC
11 PNB Housing Finance Limited Deposit taking HFC
12 HDB Financial Services Limited Non-deposit taking NBFC-ICC
13 Sammaan Capital Limited
(Formerly known as Indiabulls Housing Finance Limited)
Non-deposit taking NBFC-ICC
14 Muthoot Finance Limited Non-deposit taking NBFC-ICC
15 Bajaj Housing Finance Limited Non-deposit taking HFC
HFC: Housing Finance Company; NBFC-ICC: Non-Banking Financial Company –Investment and Credit Company.

3. Despite qualifying for identification as NBFC-UL as per scoring methodology, Piramal Enterprises Limited is not being included in the list of NBFC-UL in the current review due to ongoing reorganisation in the business group. Further, inclusion of Tata Sons Private Limited in the list of NBFC-UL is without prejudice to the outcome of its application for de-registration, which is under examination.

4. In terms of the framework, once an NBFC is classified as NBFC-UL, it shall be subject to enhanced regulatory requirement, at least for a period of five years from its classification in the layer, even in case it does not meet the parametric criteria in the subsequent year/s.

(Puneet Pancholy)  
Chief General Manager

Press Release: 2024-2025/1939